| Comment | Limb morphology: Species of Calyptommatus (sinebrachiatus, leiolepis, and nicterus) show extreme reduction of hind limbs, absence of fore limbs.
They also show absence of prefrontals, frontals, supraoculars and frontoparietals, and are thought to be related to the recently described genus Nothobachia. |
| Etymology | Named after Greek leios (λεῖος), smooth, plain, not embroidered + Greek lepis (λεπίς), scale; epithelial debris. (RODRIGUES 1991, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) |
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